Bottle washer



Aug. 114, 1923.

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7 CHARLES HAMA'NN, 01] PORT CHESTER, NEW YORK.

BOTTLE WASHER.

Applicationrfiled January 30, 1919. Serial No. 274,116.

T 0 all. whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES HAMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Chester, county of Westchester, State of 'New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle Washers, the following being a full, clear, and exact disclosure of the one form of my in vention which I at present deem preferable. Y

F or a detailed description of the present form of my invention, reference may be had to the following specification and accompanying drawings, forming a. part thereof, in which- Fig. l is .a plan View of my machine; "Fig-2 is a side elevation partly in section; 7

Fig. 3 is a'horizontal section, and

Fig. 4 shows the bottle-belt adjustment.

My invention relates to bottle-washing machines of the general type shown in my Patents Nos. 1,241,508 and 1,269,077, and involves certain improvements therein which have proved of substantial value and which will be described in detail herein and specifiedin the claims.

Referring to the drawing, A represents horizontal receptacle in the form of a metal bowl which is mounted on suitable legs and forms the base portion of the machine. In the rear, and shallower, portion of bowl A is placed a vertical column B which carries at its upper end a horizontal receptacle in the form of a pan C which contains the primary driving mechanism and keeps the oil and dirt incident to such mechanism away from the washing apparatus beneath. On the bottom of the bowl is fixed a stud E on which rotates the bottle-carrier D driven by a gear wheel F engaged by pinion F The bottle-carrier is of a well known form, being hollow to allow for a water jet to be directed into the bottle I and requires no de tailed description. The stud E carries an adjustable step bearing G for the shaft G of the rotary brush H which acts on the outside of the bottles as it, and also the bottles, are rotated. In the pan C are mounted the fast and loose pulleys K, K that receive the main driving belt. The driving pulley operates a bevel pinion L meshing with a bevel gear L on the upper end of a shaft which passes down through the aforesaid column Band, by means of a chain-belt M, operates the pinion F On the same shaft bottle-belt T. The said bottle-belt passes horizontally over the said pulley Q and over a compamon pulley Q}, as is shown in Fig.

3. Between pulleys Q and Q this belt passes over certain of the bottles I, rotating them on their own axes and also pressing them against the brush H. The tension of said belt T is adjusted by means of the flexible mounting of the aforesaid pulley Q which -mounting is shown in-Fig. 4. J On one side of the pan C is fixed a bracket arm R (see Figs. 1, 2, A) through the outer end of which passes the vertical bar V in which there is a U- shaped bend or offset V The pulley Q is mounted in the two jaws of a yoke W which is contained in the bend V and is free to slide in and out with respect thereto, being mounted on slideways e, 1; thereon and hav ing a rear stud Y which extends through the vertical part of the bend. A compression spring X acts to press the yoke, and the pulley carried thereby, outwardly from the bend V That tends to force the pulley Q} away from the pulley Q; and thereby put tension on the belt T. At the same time the angular direction of the spring-movement of the pulley Q may be adjusted by swinging the bend V with respect to the bracket R. Thus the pressure of the belt on the bottles, as well as the belt tension, is maintained and adjusted.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A bottle-washing machine comprising upper and lower receptacles, a column connecting the two receptacles, a circular bottle carrier over the lower receptacle, driving mechanism therefor, primary driving mechanism for the machine mounted in the upper receptacle, said driving mechanisms be ing connected, a brush wheel concentric with the bottle carrier, a belt for rotating the bottles, and means for actuating the belt.

2. A bottle-washing machine comprising upper and lower receptacles, a shaft passed through both receptacles, a bottle carrier mounted over the lower receptacle and actuated by said shaft, a primary driving shaft mounted in the upper receptacle and geared to the contiguous end of the first mentioned shaft, a brush wheel mounted over said bottle carrier, mechanism operatively conmeeting said brush wheel and said first mentioned shal't,a bottle engaging belt, means whereby morenient is imparted thereto,

means in the upper receptacle for actuating said movement imparting means, and means for maintaining a tension on said belt.

3. A bottle-washing machine comprising a receptacle liarvinc a shallow portion and a deeper portion, a column in said shallow portion, an upper receptacle supported by said column. bottle cleaning apparatus mounted in the lower receptacle, and driving mechanism located in said upper receptacle, whereby the cleaning apparatus is protected from oil and dirt normally adherinp to the driving mechanism. 7

t. A bottleqvashing machine comprising a base portion shaped to provide a lower receptacle, a bottle cleaning apparatus mounted therein,'a column located within said receptacle and having its lower end secured thereto, an upper receptacle supported by said column, a shaft passed through said column, a carrierlocated within the lower receptacle and operatively connected with the lower end of said sha'l't, primary driving mechanism. in the upper receptacle geared with the contiguous end of said sli-ai't, a brush wheel operatirely connected with the upper end of said shaft, and a bottle engaging belt also operatively connected with saidshatt. V

5. A bottle washer comprising a lower receptacle, an upper receptacle, bottle cleaning mechanism including a bottle rotating belt, located. between said receptacles, pulleys for said belt, a bracket interposed between said receptacles, a yoke'slidably mounted in said bracket, one of said pulleys being mounted in said bracket, and driving mechanism located in said upper receptacle, whereby the cleaning apparatus is protected from oil and dirt normally adhering to the driving mechanism,

Signed at New York city, NJY, January 28th, 1919. .7 I

CHARLES HAMANN. 

